collected Play adjective(of a person) calm and self-controlled. SYNONYMS and collectedas cool as a cucumbercalmcomposedcontrolledcoolcool-headeddispassionateequableequanimouseven-temperedimpassiveimperturbablelaid backnonplussedphlegmaticplacidpoisedquietrelaxedsedateself-controlledself-possessedserenestolidtogethertranquilunagitatedunbotheredundisturbedunemotionalunexcitableunfazedunflappableunflusteredunmovedunperturbedunruffleduntroubled